I can’t stand him.

Good fighter but an utter knob.

I’m hoping he gets knocked out tonight tbh. He needs some humility.

It’s often to do with product information leaflets needing to be disease specific. For instance, if product A can treat two diseases, but by virtue of one disease the risk profile is altered (think diminished metabolism, other co-related drug interactions) then you need a different PIL.

They also generally want to discourage you from self prescribing. So if you have pills left over and suddenly find you have a new disease that is mentioned on the PIL it really doesn’t make sense for you to just take the drugs without an active consultation with a medic.

As an example, did you know the active ingredient in Vicks Synex (the big squeeze ones, not the little ones) is also the active ingredient in a lot of angina meds and haemorrhoid treatments? Having a blocked nose is one thing but its best not to encourage people to self treat angina (and active ingredient and active dose are two different things remember), nor should we be encouraging people to shove Vicks up their arse.

As for the profit / greed sentiments – anything over 5% profit would be seen as sector leading. There really is very little in pharma these days.

Of all the things I’ve lost in life I miss my mind the most…..

No punctures is a good reason. But I find my bike accelerates better and rolls better tubeless – that’s the main reason I’m totally tubeless.

As stated already. CDs should be stored alphabetically by artist (either band name as in the Jethro Tull example, or by surname as in the Jeff Wayne example, or by known name as for the likes of Prince or Adele).

Multiple albums by the same artist must be in album release date order earliest to the left.

CDs must be picture side up.

And the cd must be correctly oriented so that the writing is the right way up.

You can never split an alphabetical segment across two shelves, so all the G’s must be on one shelf for instance.

CDs are only ever out of the shelf when they are being played. The cd case must be placed neatly on top of the stereo.

CDs that you have brought, but not ripped to iTunes must not be filed. They must be left by the stereo until they are added to iTunes at which point they can be added to the shelves.

I do OCD properly. You lot are amateurs…….

MK is OK.

The town centre isn’t that soulless and at least there are plenty of shops (although parking is a pita).

Walnut Tree and Woburn Sands are nice places to live – if it’s Walnut Tree live up hill and on the west side – it’s nicerer.

Riding in Woburn is great – but there’s also some good street riding to be had in the town centre of an evening when all the offices are closed.

My car was once shot (air rifle) whilst driving through Coffee Hall – so add that to your list of no go areas.

Always before breakfast. It just tastes wrong eating cornflakes with a claggy mouth.

The scouts DON’T own the land, they rent it. It was a mess on Saturday.

The big mesh fence is hideous, I’m guessing it’ll extend at some point. Shame as it is a nice trail.

Cool pics. Great to see you flying over that gap 🙂

I took my old Demo 8 on a few XC rides. Couldn’t go as far as on my hardtail, but I had a larf all the same.

Who cares what you ride…..

I fly a lot, and usually long haul overnight and it does bug me when there are troops of screaming kids in the cabin with me.

If the parents are making an effort and not letting the sprogs run wild then it’s ok. But too often they run up and down the aircraft annoying everyone.

And, to make it worse, ickle babies are often travelling free on the parents lap, so my sleep (which has cost a lot of money) gets disrupted.

When smoking was allowed on planes there was a smoking section. So why not a kids section?

BA are supposed to have a policy of not allowing children upstairs on a 747 so I usually book a seat up there.

Thanks Lucien

Kind of confirms my worst fears about the place…..

I ride past Lewis’ new house on a regular basis.

I appreciate this has little to do with the discussions above but it is the ugliest carbuncle of a house I’ve ever seen and its in a nasty dark plot of land.

Try men for a while?

So I have to stay in one place cos Bridgend doesn’t exist?

Simple. I’d cut off my own leg and roast it. I reckon it’d keep me going for a few days. Might even make a steak and kidney stew.

It just seems too much effort running after rabbits or sheep……

Just back from a super chilled ride. Trails were ace. Mates wre funny. Beers were good.

Cheers to night riders everywhere (even the Hoff)

Let me know your address Al and I’ll send you a sample.

Trust me – they ain’t round……

You need to pluck a long one from towards the back and the roll it between finger and thumb.

NONE of mine are round.

Why would nature make me develop triangular nose hairs?

As for ear hair – don’t get me started. There was a time when I was a lad that I’d wander into the Barbers (that’s right – no such thing as male Hair Salons then!) and take 30 minutes to get my long hair cut.

Now I seem to have more scalp then ground cover and it takes the hair dresser 5 mins – most of which is spent shaving my ears!!!!!

There were the threads about middle-age this morning – for me the true measure is when you go for a hair cut and it takes longer to do ears and eye brows then it does the actual hair. In which case I was middle aged at 36 🙁

Mr Potatohead – I was thinking more of the cars that bounce up and down in an unexplainable manner.

You often find them 20m or so from the road down a wide bridleway, windows all steamy…..

I often find dimming the lights until the last minute and then putting them on full beam is the best way of seeing a full moon.

It’s the feeling of a stolen moment, a cheeky ride, a time that shows just how much you love to ride the trails.

Nothing stops us – not darkness, not leaves, not mud, and not doggers.

I’m welling up here……

Do people still get punctures Jedi?

🙄

It’s easier to sneak up on doggers.

4. You can drink proper Ale instead of needing a cold lager at the end

Too many great memories from not enough trips. Highlights:-

Weeping at the top of the Mossettes – it was my first trip there after getting divorced from my bike hating wife.

Feeding my 70 year old parents Pretzels in Grand Central Station.

Riding up and down Ben Nevis on a rigid Marin years ago and then getting ratted in the pub.

I’m old – the list goes on and on. I only bother keeping nice memories now. I’m letting alzheimers kill all the bad ones 🙂

Hmmmmm,

Bike reviews are all so very subjective. Whilst I am happy to hear a considered opinion there’s really no substitute to sticking your leg over a bike and having a quick pedal.

Bikes need to feel like they ‘fit’ for me and as I am a non average lump of person I can’t rely on what the reviews say for the final decision.

To be honest – I get more from reading the tech specs then I do from reviews. But that’s because reviewers don’t know how heavy I am, how I ride or where I ride – so I almost need to translate any review into the world I exist in.

I’m not sure any of that made sense – if someone wants to review it, please do.

(must resist the urge to rage)

Tubeless is the way.

I have tubeless rims and Conti Rubber Queens on one bike. They’re ace. No problems, no punctures, roll brilliantly, grip brilliantly.

I’ve just brought a new bike – it has tubes. Two rides, three punctures, Conti Rubber Queens feel wooden, rolls like it’s in custard.

The reason I’m resisting the urge to rage is becuase the punctures are driving me nuts and the tyre response is really dissappointing. Stans is ordered and some UST rims (Crossmax) will likely turn up soon too.

I really, really, REALLY hate innertubes.

It’s worth a trip. But only in the dry……

Courses are fun, some jumps but all with chicken runs. Its harsh in the wet due to the ground. And the push back up is a pain in the arse.

To be honest, making the courses less steep but longer would’ve been my choice…….. It’d make the shove back up seem more worthwhile.

He saved lives.

Can’t think of a better memorial.

Perhaps take the first letter of every bike you’ve ever owned and see if an anagram appears? Or would that be too long for the top tube?

Chapeau Hora.

You’ve always had an imaginative approach to bike ownership and what constitutes the perfect steed. Taking all those inspired observations about every other bike and turning it around into your dream is ace.

But the big question – what will you call the Hora brand bike?

Riding is good 🙂

I got told to go to hospital. ECG veiled a strong heart. Blood chem revealed not wrong. I still feel ill.

But the remake of Omen is on, and I tried to make a bad joke. Is it worth watching?

P.s. Prague hospitals are staffed with lovely people, but fall waaaaaaaay short of what I’m used to in the uk. Treatment was ace, but the facility was shocking.

That Mount Gay stuff is fab!!!!!!!

I buy my dad a bottle birthday and Christmas and he loves it. It is super smooth. And, apparently, the oldest rum makers on earth.

Try the posh Mount Gay rum. It really is very nice.

Whiskey exchange supply it. Not cheap, but very drinkable, and much better than the stuff the supermarkets sell.

ah beaten to it. Yes, Median value or Mean value…

STOP MAKING ME ALL STATISTICAL ON A FRIDAY!!!!

Mean is synonymous with Average. Median and Mode are entirely different measures.

Anyway – it doesn’t matter. IQ is just a state of mind.

I think what the OP is after is the following:-

Do you watch Jeremy Kyle?
Do you buy scratch cards?
Do you live on benefits and believe that is your career?
Have you never eaten fruit?
Does five-a-day mean number of times you shoot up?

If you answer yes to any of the above you may not vote and you must be sterilised.

Simple.

The scary thing is that around half the population is below average intelligence!

Erm, not entirely true….. IQ is not a bell shaped distribution. It’s skewed and truncated.

Anyone with a half decent IQ would’ve known that…..

(runsawayandhides)

I’ve had these as rentals a couple of times in the US and they’re not bad…..

Unless you do floor them the mpg isn’t bad. If you do floor them they make nice noises. And they’re not badly screwed together.

They’re cheap in the US too. The basic one (which is still good fun) is just over $20k.

The main problem, as said above, is they’re pretty big cars. And everyone will think you live in a caravan if you get seen driving one.

Sex toy?

Clearly there’s a minimum that needs doing – but that’s not the problem – it’s where you choose to take it to after you’ve got the basics sorted.

For instance, in a large and expensive house like that a kitchen budget might be 30 to 40k.

I’d do some homework on what the house might be worth once it’s done.

Having lived in a 600year old thatched cottage that needed doing up, I know one thing. Me, personally, I would never do it again. It all cost a lot more than we thought it would and living through the renovations was hideous.

In the end I hated the place and it was sold (at a loss).

What?!? Are there no real northerners on here!?!?

The fish man comes around the pubs of my youth. He brings pots of shell fish (prawns for th ladies) and vinegar and white pepper.

Nowt better to make the bitter go down.